Waist-form.



E. LEVIN. WAIsT FoRM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1911.

1,036,865. Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

lilliliililll STATES. Piiiiillilf EDWARD LEVIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAIST-FGRM.

To oZZ wkomh't may concern:

Be it known that l), EDWARD LnviN, a -suloject of the Czar of Russia, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York', have invented cer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Naistn Forms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. a This invention relates to an improvement in shirt-waist-forms, but more particularlyv t o an eXtensible section resiliently secured to the body portion of the form, -at the Waist line thereof, adapted for the purpose of binding the lower or waist portion of the shirt-waist to theforin, thereby obviating the use of pins, &c., tov secure the shirt-waist at the waist portion thereof to the forni.

llo adapt the extensible' section to properly perform its function, I preferably resiliently secure the saine to the form in such a manner as to adapt it to conform with the conditions of the fabric of the shirt-waist, that is to say, if the shirt-waist should be \f.'rinkled to any extent at the lower portion thereof, a hump would result. By resiliently securing the said section to the form, preferably by two resilient or elastic inefliuins. the section will be drawn against the fabric of the shirt-waistg at the wrinkled portion, also at other portions which are not wrinkled. This feature wiil be more fully la. cinafter setforth.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which will be pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing', forming part hereof, wherein:

iliouieil is a side elevation of a waistiori: mzidying my improvement, a waist being fitted thereon; Fig. 2 is a similar View on ai; enlarged scale, partly in section; F ig.

fis a perspective view of the extensible section; and Fig.' is a diagrammatic front view, showing the V-shaped formation of the 'trout end of the section.

l-efmring to Fig. 2 of the drawing, the numeral l indicates the body portion of a waist forro and 2 a waist thereon. The

v forni 1 is supported. by a rod 3, which at its upper end is secured in a. socket 4t carried by a header 5 secured within the form 1. lhe elements above described are well iinown in this particular art.

My invention comprises a section 6, which Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Atilio. 27,

Application led December 29I 1911. Serial '110.668,471.

is held against the shirt-waist by means, in this instance, of elastic members 7, one end of each member being secured to the header 5 by means of staples 8. The other end of each of the said elastic members is caught over a hook 9, one at the front of 'the s i. tion G and th other at the rear thereof,

ont it is obvious that in lieu of the elastic niembers suitable coil springs may be utilized for this purpose.

being about the location of a belt, if placed around the waist. As can be seen in IN2, the cut made in the forniis angular relative to the wall of the forni. The object of eutting the form angularly is to provide an angular ledge, both upon the adjacentof the form and section, by which means the fabric of the sliii'tivaist will be subjected to a pull, whereby the said shirt-waist will be drawn against the form, when the section is pulled upwardly against that portion of the fabric of the shirt-waist which lies between t-he said section and form, by means of the elastic members 7. j

To aline the surfaces of the section 6 and form l, .i sever the form at an angle to produce a V-sliaped lower edge, as can be seen in Fig. 4. By virtue of the V-shaped lower edge, the section (i will always aline .with the form, as the upper edge of the section will also be V-shaped.

After a shirt-waist is placed upon the body l of the form, the section 6 will drawn downwardly, thereby stretching the members 7. T he lower end of the shirtwaist is then pushed through the space( be tween the adjusted edges of the form and section. After the end of the shirt-waist has been entirely pushed through the space, the section is allowed to move upwardlv until it contacts with the fabric of the waist.

The tensionof the members 7 will hold the section tightly against the waist.

To make the shirt-waist fit snugly, to remove wrinkles or to produce Shir-ring, the hand is passed through the open loWer end of the section and the free end portion of the Waist is drawn or adjusted to suit requirements', there being:r sufficient give to 'the section 6 to permit pull of the fabric for such purpose and yet suliicient spring pres-"- sure to hold the fabric in arranged position. The section 6 may be covered with felt or other material to give a belt effect, as shown in Fig. 1. In fact the object of the section 6 is to adapt the form to display shirtvvaists of various designs and to exhibit the said waist with a belt eli'ect.

Owing to the resilient connection betweenV the section 6 and body l of the form the said section Will accommodate itself to the condition of that portion of the fabric of the shirt-waist Wliich is gripped between 4the said section and forni; that is to say,

`if the rear of the shirt-Waist should be I claiin and desire to secure by Let-ters lat-- ent is 1. A Waistform, comprising a body pol 5` tion, a belt section at the lower portion thereof shaped to aline with the outer sur-- face of the lower end oi' the body portion, and an elastic connection securing the body portion and belt section together, and :wrI

inally pressing the belt section against the said outer surface of the lower end of tbe body portion and arranged so that the belt section may be pulled away therefrom and snap into its normal position when the pull t `arranged so that the fabric of a waist may be inserted and held between the lower end of the body portion and the bel t-section yielding pressure and yreleased by a. pull of the belt-section.

Signed at New York city, N'. Y. this ii day of December 1911.

EDWARD LEVlt Witnesses:

EDWARD A.. Jarvis, Esrnnnn O. HA Mniinonn.

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